Monday, November 18, 2013

Social Media and Zen: The Paradox of Connection

Jakusho Kwong-roshi and Nyoze Kwong talk about the art of using social media and at the same time not letting social media use us. They talk about phones and tablets being created in order to make money and keep us all connected, but these devices unfortunately have no compassion, no consciousness or moral compass..."this must be wisely supplied by the user". They also caution us about mindlessly connecting to everyone but at the same time possibly losing that precious connection with oneself.

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